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- ‘A Great Moment’: Rover Finds Clue That Mars May Harbor Life http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/science/a-new-clue-in-the-search-for-life-on-mars.html?ref=science 8 comments
- Rocks collected on Mars hold key to water and perhaps life on the planet. Bring them back to Earth. https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/08/14/rocks-collected-on-mars-hold-key-to-water-and-perhaps-life-on-the-planet-bring-them-back-to-earth/ 4 comments science
- NASA’s oldest Mars orbiter just got a new lease on life. Revised calculations show Mars Odyssey orbiter, which launched in 2001, actually has enough propellant to last through at least 2025. https://astronomy.com/news/2023/03/nasas-oldest-mars-orbiter-gets-a-new-lease-on-life 202 comments space
- Biofinder advances detection of extraterrestrial life: If the Biofinder were mounted on a rover on Mars or another planet, it would be able to rapidly scan large areas quickly to detect evidence of past life https://phys.org/news/2022-06-biofinder-advances-extraterrestrial-life.html 29 comments space
- This Ancient Crystal from Mars Could Shed Light on Alien Life https://www.vice.com/en/article/epx54p/this-ancient-crystal-from-mars-could-shed-light-on-alien-life 3 comments space
- Is there Life on Mars and has NASA been Hiding It? https://youtu.be/vIlRe3wEKgs 26 comments aliens
- The hunt for alien life on Phobos, one of Mars' mystifying moons https://www.cnet.com/features/the-hunt-for-alien-life-on-phobos-one-of-mars-mystifying-moons/ 7 comments technology
- Elon Musk says Life in glass domes on Mars will come before terraforming it. https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-mars-city-terraforming 46 comments space
- Could life have started on Mars before coming to Earth? Possibly, new study suggests https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mars-panspermia-1.5699671 116 comments space
- NASA: Alien Life is 'Highest Planetary Protection Priority' for Mars Missions https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4ay4bq/nasa-alien-life-is-highest-planetary-protection-priority-for-mars-missions 5 comments space
- Experts Say Vast Deserts, Absence Of Life, May Indicate Mars Was Once Run By Conservatives https://outabouter.com/2018/10/16/experts-say-vast-deserts-absence-of-life-may-indicate-mars-was-once-run-by-conservatives/ 61 comments worldnews
- Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life, prepare human missions https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/mars-2020-rover-to-seek-ancient-life--prepare-human-missions-12216662 10 comments worldnews
- An Entomologist Claims That Mars Is Covered in Bug-Shaped Things, And He Has 'Proof'. According to one scientist, though, we may have already found life on Mars, and it's not titchy microbes, but strapping great bugs. https://www.sciencealert.com/an-entomologist-is-trying-to-convince-us-that-mars-is-covered-in-bugs 4 comments science
- We found evidence of life on Mars in the 1970s, former Nasa scientist says https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nasa-alien-life-proof-mars-space-viking-lr-a9156001.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#echobox=1571122904 4 comments worldnews
- The Mars' Curiosity Rover found signs of water in the form of large amounts of clay, adding to the possibility Mars could have once been hospitable for microbial life. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/06/clay-found-on-mars-points-toward-watery-past 18 comments worldnews
- Building Blocks Of Life Found On Mars: Data reveals the watery lake that once filled Mars’s Gale Crater contained complex organic molecules about 3.5 billion years ago. https://a.msn.com/r/2/aayltuv?m=en-us&referrerid=inappshare 7 comments science
- NASA Curiosity Rover Finds Building Blocks of Life on Mars https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a21200898/chasing-signs-of-life-curiosity-rover-discovers-organic-building-blocks-on-mars/ 28 comments space
- Scientists use Dorset, UK, as model to help find traces of life on Mars http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/186288/scientists-dorset-uk-model-help-find/ 3 comments space
- New study suggests bacteria found living in the Atacama Desert could mean life in Mars is hiding in the planet's soil. https://www.inverse.com/article/41692-life-on-mars-hiding-desert-soil 5 comments science
- Did NASA sterilize the mars rovers to prevent relocating bacterial life to mars? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7usdh2/did_nasa_sterilize_the_mars_rovers_to_prevent/ 67 comments askscience
- India is Building Reusable Launch Vehicles to Explore Mars and Search for Alien Life: ISRO Chief http://www.doonwire.com/category/news/india-is-building-reusable-launch-vehicles-to-explore-mars-and-search-for-alien-life-isro-chief-17110901 3 comments india
- If there was ever life on Mars, Gale Crater could have hosted a variety of microbes, study says http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mars-gale-crater-20170602-htmlstory.html 8 comments space
- NASA scientists prepare for life on Mars ... in Hawaii http://www.csmonitor.com/science/spacebound/2017/0121/nasa-scientists-prepare-for-life-on-mars-in-hawaii 3 comments science
- A decommissioned NASA rover might have found evidence of past life on Mars http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-spirit-rover-may-have-spotted-signs-of-past-life-on-mars 5 comments worldnews
- Going to Mars Could Mess Up the Hunt for Alien Life http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/mars-journey-nasa-alien-life-protection-humans-planets-space/ 4 comments aliens
- Europe and Russia will start to search for life on Mars http://phys.org/news/2016-03-europe-russia-embark-life-mars.html 22 comments space
- Elon Musk and Craig Venter Want to Print Life on Mars http://motherboard.vice.com/read/elon-musk-and-craig-venter-want-to-print-life-on-mars 50 comments spacex
- Could there be life on Mars? http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2012/05/16/comparing-planets-in-the-solar-system-could-there-be-life-on-mars 3 comments space
- Life on Mars found but destroyed by mistake http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_life-on-mars-found-but-destroyed-by-mistake_1676001 9 comments science
- Mars Viking Robots 'Found Life.' http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-life-viking-landers-discovery-120412.html 4 comments technology
- The DNA Sequencer That Could Go To Mars -- Did life start on Mars and come to Earth? A new machine being launched today might answer that question. http://blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper/2010/12/14/the-dna-sequencer-that-could-go-to-mars/ 5 comments science
- "We should nuke Mars to find alien life" says physicist Paul Davies (& "we should all commit quantum suicide" says physicist Max Tegmark) http://www.fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/461 8 comments science
- If there IS life on Mars, this is where it lives [PICS] http://www.news42day.com/2009/01/if-there-is-life-on-mars-this-is-where-it-lives/ 7 comments space
- Phoenix About to Announce "Potential For Life" on Mars.. http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/02/the-white-house-is-briefed-phoenix-about-to-announce-potential-for-life-on-mars/ 8 comments space
- Mars water was too salty to support life. http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/05/29/mars.water.appears.have.been.too.salty.support.life 3 comments reddit.com
- Mars rover finds signs of microbial life http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/11/wmars111.xml 15 comments science
- Scientist: NASA found life on Mars - and killed it http://www.cnn.com/2007/tech/01/07/mars.life.ap/index.html 26 comments reddit.com
- Searching for evidence of life on Mars is a major impetus for exploration, however, current Mars mission instruments lack the essential sensitivity to identify life traces in Chilean desert samples that strongly resemble the martian area currently under study by NASA’s Perseverance rover. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36176-x 6 comments science
- In 1965, 4 years before the Moon landing, the Mariner 4 Mars flyby crushed fantasies but began Mars exploration. Many hoped for pictures of life on Mars. Mariner 4 revealed a desert covered with craters much like the Moon. The photos captured a curious world’s attention, and showed we are alone. https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/alone-darkness-mariner-4-mars-50-years-later-47324 350 comments space
- NASA Team to Live in Mars Dome: To simulate life on Mars, a six person crew will live in a dome in the middle of the desert for 8 months http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141015-mars-simulation-mission-space-psychology/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_fb20141015news-marssimulation&utm_campaign=content&sf5236421=1 273 comments worldnews